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widescreen lets manufacturers advertise higher diagonals without increasing screen area Huh?

• paol 16y ago
  For any given diagonal size, the actual area of the LCD decreases as the aspect ratio increases.
  • tapiwa 16y ago
    This is really bad maths. Imagine diagonal of X cm. Imagine screen so tall and thin, that diagonal approaches vertical. Area is tiny. As you swing same diagonal downwards, area increases. Till diagonal is 45% from horizontal. As you keep going, area begins to reduce, until, when diagonal is almost horizontal, area is tiny. Needing to get out more ...
    • barrkel 16y ago
      The assertion is true for all landscape orientation monitors, which has almost always been the case in this context. You're really clutching at straws with this pedantry (IMHO).